Search Results - "Decadence"

Integrated Management of rainwater for crop-livestock agroecosystems by CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

“…With mixed crop-livestock systems projected to remain the main providers of food (animal and plant) in the coming decades, opportunities exist for smallholders to participate and benefit from emerging crop and livestock markets in the Volta Basin. …”
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Options for governing the microbial commons by Halewood, Michael

“…Recent decades have witnessed an ever-increasing range and volume of digital data. …”
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The livestock revolution: a view on implications for Africa by Mwangi, David Miano, Omore, Amos O.

“…A rapid growth in per capita consumption of livestock products is occurring in developing countries (Delgado et al., 1999; FOASTAT 1983-2002). In the last two decades and until 2020, the increase in the consumption of meat and milk has been estimated to be much higher in developing countries compared to developed countries (Delgado et al. 1999). …”
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2015 IFPRI Annual Report by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In 2015, IFPRI commemorated its 40th anniversary. For the past four decades, the Institute has worked tirelessly to provide research-based policy solutions to bring an end to hunger and malnutrition. …”
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Co-designed solutions for collecting food & nutrition security data with mobile devices: What worked (and did not) from a NGO, government and research partnership by Chesterman, Sabrina, Lamanna, Christine, Hammond, James, Namoi, Nictor, Wakelin, Oliver, Ng'endo, Mary, Wijk, Mark T. van, Rosenstock, Todd S.

“…For example, the United Nations has declared a decade of action (2016-2026) and the Sustainable Development Goals have set ambitious targets to end hunger and undernutrition by 2030. …”
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Women at the center of cowpea value chain development in Nigeria by Akpo, E., Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng, Omoigui, L.O., Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Varshney, Rajeev K.

“…When she got married few decades ago, Salame continued farming and keeping livestock to support her new family, mainly in sorghum and cowpea production.…”
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Solar-dried small fish: A women-led innovation in the coastal fishing villages of Odisha, India by Shenoy, Neetha

“…Presentation for UN Ocean Decade Satellite Activity ‘A Productive Ocean: Resilient aquatic food systems for a productive ocean (1 June 2022). 10 polyhouse solar driers were installed and operationalized in partnership with Mission Shakti, the Fisheries & Animal Resources Development (FARD). …”
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CGIAR initiative examines the coherence of policies to help avert future food and water crises in Colombia by Villarino, Maria Eliza J., Yomayuza, Karoll Valentina

“…Illegal crops sprayed with chemicals that affect surrounding crops, rivers contaminated by the constant bombing of oil pipelines, forests cut down and converted into housing areas due to forced displacement and agricultural production— these are scenes repeated over the last five decades in Colombia. This is why issues surrounding the environment became central during the development and implementation of the peace agreement that the Colombian government and FARC guerrillas signed in 2016.…”
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Perception, reality, and optimality: The MSP composite in relation to the farm acts by Pradhan, Mamata, Roy, Devesh, Saroj, Sunil

“…If MSP were a panacea, we would not be having any conversation, in the first place, about doubling farmers’ income more than five decades on!…”
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Who Benefitted from the Peace Dividend in the DRC? by Marivoet, Wim, De Herdt, Tom, Ulimwengu, John M.

“…The first decade of the 21st century marked a new beginning for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). …”
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A byte at a time: Africa’s progress towards a digital agriculture future by Glatzel, Katrin, Hendriks, Sheryl L.

“…Over the past two decades, Africa has overcome multiple obstacles to economic growth and eradicating poverty, registering a widespread progress. …”
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Reducing poverty and hunger through food policy research: Highlights IFPRI and USAID partnership by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…For four decades, the longstanding collaboration between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has been crucial to helping developing countries attain agriculture-led economic growth. …”
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Quantifying food losses in the beans value chain in Rwanda: Analysis and results from a baseline survey by Delgado, Luciana, Niyonsingiza, Josue, Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane

“…At the global level, awareness about the significance of food loss and waste has grown significantly over the past decade. The international community has taken the matter to hand as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and has committed to “halve the per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer level and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses” by 2030.…”
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Accelerating quality upgrading in Ugandan dairy value chains by Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…Uganda’s dairy sector has grown significantly over the past two decades, yet challenges in milk quality continue to hinder its potential. …”
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Food systems Diversification through Nutri-Cereals and Pulses – Lessons Learnt from Asia and Africa by Afari-Sefa, Victor, Deevi, Kumara Charyulu, Bose, Disha, Guvvalavenkata, Anupama

“…The policy brief highlights diversification experiences in Asia and Africa, diversification towards nutri-cereals and pulses in the last two decades, and the relationship between the income levels of major countries and their food systems diversification across regions. …”
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Rapid human population growth and its impacts on danau sentarum by Indriatmoko, Y.

“…In the past decade, Indonesia's protected areas have been threatened not only by illegal logging and mining, poaching, and other illegal activities, but also by the increasing population of the local communities. …”
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Private tube well development in Pakistan's Punjab: review of past public programs/policies and relevant research by Johnson, R.

“…Although Pakistan's surface irrigation development has a long history, it is only about 30 years ago that the development of groundwater resources was begun. During the past decade, government policy has been reoriented towards private, instead of public, tube well development in fresh groundwater areas. …”
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Institutional perspectives of land reclamation operations in Punjab: a case study of the Lower Chenab Canal (East) Circle Area by Bandaragoda, Don Jayatissa, Saeed ur Rehman

“…Approaching the end of five decades of existence, the directorate is yet to demonstrate its effectiveness in its assigned task; its inability to fully cope with the conditions of a fast changing irrigation environment makes this rather an illusive goal.…”
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50 years of changing diversity in global food supplies by Kammlade, Sara, Khoury, Colin K., Navarro Racines, Carlos Eduardo

“…Here are five graphs that together describe some of the the most important changes in food diversity over the past five decades…”
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Climate Smart coffee in Honduras by Bunn, Christian, Lundy, Mark M., Läderach, Peter R.D., Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Castro, Fabio

“…Coffee production is an investment of several decades and many CSC practices have a long lead-time. …”
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